We use two Pockels cells in series to achieve simple temporal pulse shaping. This
technique is used in our optical parametric chirp pulse amplification (OPCPA) system to …

Optical parametric amplification can give particularly high values for gain, gain bandwidth,
energy, efficiency, and wave-front quality. In combination with chirped pulse amplification, in …

A new scheme for efficient optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is proposed by
introducing a time delay between long pump and short seed pulses. Numerical results show …

Summary form only given. Optical parametric amplifiers already have widespread use in
applications requiring pulses with broad tunability and/or short pulse duration. However a …

Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) is a light amplification technique
that provides the combination of broad spectral gain bandwidth and large energy, directly …

The contrast ratio of the recompressed output pulses in an optical parametric chirped pulse
amplification system can be limited by temporal noise on the pump pulse. We present a …

Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA) supplies broadband gain for
ultrashort pulses. A new theoretic explanation of OPCPA has been obtained by introducing …

Conversion efficiency in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification is limited by
spatiotemporal characteristics of the pump pulse. We have demonstrated a novel hybrid …

Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) has the potential to revolutionise the
generation of high power ultrashort optical pulses. In this paper, we present the results of a …

The use of temporally shaped pump pulses for optical parametric chirped-pulse
amplification can increase the efficiency and suppress possible spectral distortions in this …